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To be Most Wanted, you'll need to outrun the cops, outdrive friends, and outsmart your rivals. With a relentless police force gunning to take you down, you'll need to make split second decisions and use the open world to your advantage. Find jack spots in the open world and discover new vehicles to keep you one step ahead.In true Criterion Games fashion, your friends are at the heart of your experience. In an open world with no menus or lobbies, you'll be able to instantly challenge your friends and prove your driving skill in a variety of seamless multiplayer playlists. Your friends and rivals will do everything they can to stop you from getting to the top. In this world, there can only be one Most Wanted.

Average Customer Rating:

6.6

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68 out of 11559%of reviewers would recommend this product to a friend.

Customer Reviews for Need for Speed: Most Wanted

Review 1 for Need for Speed: Most Wanted

hmmmm

Overall Rating:

2out of10

Gameplay:

6out of10

Graphics:

7out of10

Sound:

6out of10

Lasting Appeal:

9out of10

Posted on:2/14/13

tranceking21

Location: bronx ny

This game is perfect for: kid gamers

this game is terrible like why would they do a remake of the original need for speed most wanted if the original was way better.

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Overall Rating:

2out of10

Gameplay:

6out of10

Graphics:

7out of10

Sound:

6out of10

Lasting Appeal:

9out of10

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Review 2 for Need for Speed: Most Wanted

Spiritual Successor to Burnout Paradise

Overall Rating:

8out of10

Gameplay:

8out of10

Graphics:

9out of10

Sound:

8out of10

Lasting Appeal:

7out of10

Posted on:5/20/13

OldManLight

Location: Columbus,Oh

This game is perfect for: hardcore gamers

Some people seem confused as to what this game was actually supposed to be and saw fit to write reviews based on what they expected instead of what this game actually was. This while this game does bear the NFS brand and the Most Wanted subtitle, it's not a numbered sequel which makes it a reboot of the the old Most Wanted. Now i'll give you that it's weird and completely confusing to do 2 games with the same name in the same console generation, but alas, i'm not the one who names NFS games at EA. What this game is, is the thing that people who loved Burnout Paradise have been asking developer, Criterion, to do since they wrapped up work on their last Burnout game. The only major differences between the 2 games is that the car crumpling seem less horrific due to the licensed cars, there's now upgrades and other game mechanic stuff that's changed and there are cops who chase you when you drive like a jerk, which if you're playing this game correctly, you should be doing that like 99% of the time.

Overall Rating:

8out of10

Gameplay:

8out of10

Graphics:

9out of10

Sound:

8out of10

Lasting Appeal:

7out of10

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Review 3 for Need for Speed: Most Wanted

NFS' roots are NOT street rice-ing!!!

Posted on:7/2/12

roxis

Location: williamsport, pa

these kids don't realize that this franchise was created BY and FOR auto enthusiasts, commissioned by ROAD AND TRACK MAGAZINE... not for fast and furious ricer fan boys!!

These games were started solely for the average person to be able to experience driving a vehicle in a realistic environment of which they would never be able to in real life. Most of you children who talk smack on EA weren't even able to speak when NFS' "roots" were developing! Half of the installments were made to make YOU happy, not the company or the true NFS veterans.

actually... the kids are right.. need for speed should be one giant tuning HUD, no tracks, no times, no realism; just a really long movie created from interactive cut scenes and body kit mods, 20+ hours of running from the cops: alllll packed into one cute little 10 square mile town called RICEPORT... the next title should be "NEED FOR SPEED PRE-TEEN WASTELAND"

I WILL be buying and I'm sure it will be just as fantastic as "EVERY YEAR" 's installment has been.

I don't really write reviews but after purchasing this game brand new for the holidays and feeling so disappointed I was compelled to write a review.This game should have been call Midnight club Los Angeles because all road blocks where taken out of the game so prepare to get lost during a race.The Graphics and jumps are really good but honestly if you played the 1st Need for speed most wanted this game will leave you feeling very cheated and wanting much much more.Who ever thought of allowing you to pull up to any car and begin driving it is an idiot honestly,they took away the feeling of earning the right to drive the car of your dreams.Question to creators what do you have against customization? If your new to the NFS franchise the 1st and Original Need for speed most wanted is a most have.Save your money and wait till the price drop on this one I wish I did because Black Opps 2 got all my attention while 50$ is collecting dust lol.Thank you for reading my review and I hope it helped.

this game is amazing and its cheap used the cars are the best part you have all the cars that make a racing game good you have the LFA,adventador and the shelby out of countless other cars.the sound is also great you could tell they put effort into it. also the world is great you have all the aspects in a good open world game you have a park,city,and a country side (also including a airport dlc which I highly recommend getting).my only complaints are that the game is too easy you could easily take out all the racers and get to first in two minutes and when you crash a screen pops up saying "crashed" and it takes 10 seconds to respawn you. i highly recommend getting this game.

I have had the game since Christmas of 2014 and I have loved it. I have thought this game was even better than the Xbox 360 version of Forza Horizon 2. The graphics are amazing. as well as the gameplay. The only reason I deduct points from the gameplay is that you can't drive cop cars. Not even after you beat the game. I also took of a point for sound because every once in a while, you can hear a few clicks or other odd sounds from the engine of the car. Other people though would probably be fine with it. It is my favorite game and I love it. You should buy it. It also has a really great price for such a great game,

I love the singleplayer. It's cool how you can find cars all over the map. I don't really like the new "takedown" idea. Adding Burnout and Need For Speed just makes havoc. The open map on singleplayer is fun because you can go anywhere you want. I really HATE the multiplayer with a passion. The upgrades are overpowered and hard to get, so new players always have trouble keeping up. Starting a race isn't orderly and you can get a head start, which isn't fair at all. Kids on the multiplayer do not do anything but smash and "takedown" other players. The multiplayer has nothing to do with racing because of the takedown. I have been in plenty of different lobbies already, and each one had everybody smashing into eachother. That's it. You cannot even finish a race in some cases because the first player to finish will go back up the track and smash into everyone. I find this ridiculous and unfair. I suggest only buying this game if you want to play the singleplayer. The multiplayer is just not worth it....

Overall Rating:

6out of10

Gameplay:

7out of10

Graphics:

8out of10

Sound:

9out of10

Lasting Appeal:

6out of10

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Review 8 for Need for Speed: Most Wanted

Great Gameplay, No visual customization...

Overall Rating:

8out of10

Gameplay:

9out of10

Graphics:

8out of10

Sound:

10out of10

Lasting Appeal:

7out of10

Posted on:10/30/12

Blehme

Location: Lehi, UT

This game is perfect for: casual gamers

I have been a big fan of Need for Speed over the years, and Pro Street/Most Wanted being my absolute favorites.

I got this game this morning, and have put a few hours on it. I figured it would be a good idea to review this though, and hopefully let a few of you know its not exactly what you expect of a Need for Speed game.

First I want to touch base on the racing. The racing is great, it feels nice and tight and it is really fun. Honestly though, the racing is pretty much the great racing feeling from Hot Pursuit. Sound? Sound is also great, as it should be in ANY racer. If you enjoy a good racer, I would suggest getting this for sure. There is 1 major thing I LOVE, and that is that you can drive any car towards the endgame. The more you drive the car, the more upgrades you get. So if you stick with the car you love most, you can upgrade it enough to be a pretty great car. I think alot of other racers should do this, because I love my Mopar cars =P I hate when I have to go with a high end car, even though I have put 500k into my Mopar.

However, if you enjoy making a car your own, then you may be disappointed here like I was. Sadly this is where I am going to -2 on the rating. Need for Speed has ALWAYS been about customization. Make YOUR dream car, and drive it. I actually would make the car I was currently driving, colors, rims and all and it was literally me driving MY car in the game. There is a sense of immersion when you customize a car you have, or would love to have some day and then pitting it against your competition. So if you are looking for hours of car customization like in previous NFS games, you may want to pass this one up sadly.

I just think Criterion made a pretty large mistake with this aspect of the game. I mean look at Forza these days. Some people, that was the ENTIRE Forza game for them, and they have actually become pretty well known for what they do.

That being said, if you don't mind manufacturer default colors for the car your driving, then its a solid racer and I would definitely suggest getting it. I just wanted to fill in most of you out there, and so you wont get it and realize its not the NFS game you were looking for.

Nothing like the old most wanted it sucks so much what a waste of money

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Review 9 for Need for Speed: Most Wanted

Worst Racing Game EVER!!!

Overall Rating:

1out of10

Gameplay:

1out of10

Graphics:

1out of10

Sound:

5out of10

Lasting Appeal:

1out of10

Posted on:10/30/12

ant305mn

Location: Miami

This game really blows! criterion really ruined a game that was near and dear to me. the game has pretty good visuals compared to those of forza and the gameplay is so boring. its like playing grand theft auto after you beat everything in the game. finding cars is worthless and upgrading your cars is worthless. you dont have to work for anything. it gives you no sense of satisfaction when you accomplish anything. there is no story line to tie anything together, all the races are a waste of time. theres is no continuity in any of the races. once you do a race regardless of what positing you come in you cant do it over and a whole new set of races appear. i will not be buying anymore need for spedd games after this. complete disappointment. i just bought the game on the release date preordered it and all and now im returning it on the next day. the only thing that makes this game worth anything is the burnout style objectives which get repetitive really quickly and the chases get old really fast. NOT A GOOD GAME AT ALL!! NOT WORTH ALL THE HYPE!!!

Overall Rating:

1out of10

Gameplay:

1out of10

Graphics:

1out of10

Sound:

5out of10

Lasting Appeal:

1out of10

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Review 10 for Need for Speed: Most Wanted

Fun for a very short time

Overall Rating:

4out of10

Gameplay:

6out of10

Graphics:

6out of10

Sound:

8out of10

Lasting Appeal:

3out of10

Posted on:12/14/12

USArevenge

Location: Maryland

I was hoping for burnout paradise with cop chases and maybe some forza style customization. unfortunately its nothing like any of that. the open world is OK at best, it feels big at first but it feels smaller as you play a bit. there are cars scattered around that you unlock if you go to them, each car has it's own races ( some are repeats with other cars) that unlock items, sadly each car only has a few unlocks. being chased by the cops is kinda fun but it gets old especially when you are in a nice hiding place and they can still see you because you are in the giant circle they can see. you through walls in. the best part of the game is beating friends' times in races, blasting through speed cameras and jumps and comparing to your buddies on xbox/psn. sadly the multiplayer is nothing special. I cannot recommend this game to anyone, I got it for $25 on black friday and still feel is was just an OK purchase, I wouldn't pay more for it. oh yea, and online pass -.- so even more worthless to buy in short, rent it.

This game is VERY beautiful. The graphics are gorgeous! The gameplay is smooth, and very easy to get used to. The story is very simple, but yet very fun! Multiplayer is such an amazing ride. It always gives you things to do like challenges, races, and team races. You unlock VERY nice cars as you level up. This game is one of my favorites of 2012. Now stop hating on it, and go play it!

Overall Rating:

10out of10

Gameplay:

10out of10

Graphics:

10out of10

Sound:

10out of10

Lasting Appeal:

10out of10

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Review 12 for Need for Speed: Most Wanted

its bad

Overall Rating:

1out of10

Gameplay:

1out of10

Graphics:

6out of10

Sound:

7out of10

Lasting Appeal:

1out of10

Posted on:5/12/14

Thiggythighs

Location: Los Angeles California

I bought this game and played it for about two hours and I had two force myself to do thaat. I kept telling myself that I should give it a chance, it'll get better, maybe its you and not the game. But I just couldn't take it after two hours of suffering through it. You have to find cars on the side of the road and you don't have to work your way up you can just go find a lamborghini gallardo on the saide of the road when your last car was an aston martin DB9, you have to win upgrades and for every car, and you can't customize your car,you have to drive through a gas station and it randomely picks a color. You can crash in the game like in hot pursuit or rivals, but you don't have car health, it is just to make you angry . It is nothing like the original most wanted which in my opinion was the best need for speed game ever made. It is a terrible game and a waste of money and you would have a better time buying rivals instead.

i loved this game but why remake this one. remake underground two. i am in love with the customization in underground two. why cant they go back to that but anyway i am excited for this game

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KidFromAcrossTheStreet

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Posted 7/8/12

Exactly if they re-made it it would be the best need for speed game ever.

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Review 14 for Need for Speed: Most Wanted

LOOKING GOOD

Posted on:8/10/12

Reddude3000

Location: Beaumont, CA

I have played every need for speed that was ever released. from the first need for speed on the pc and ps1 to nfs the run, none of them have disapointed me. the only game made by them that slightly upset was the run. the graphics were wrose than hot pursuit and shift 1 and 2. that didnt make any sense to me at all. although the run was more of a cinematic game so what do you expect. the need for speed series has been the only games that have kept my full interest. even shooters for me couldnt satisfy like the nfs games. same with criterion. they are amazing games. the burnout series was epic. so these two makers have released one of the most fun racing game ever about 2 years ago. so this new remodel and rebirth of the best nfs game of all time is look amazing. i promise that if you are a nfs fan you will not be let down. from what i seen its a very open world game like before and even though there is no customization like the originals i am still very excited. im glad i preordered it and wont regret it. i also recomend everyone to give forza horizon a chance. i have those both preordered and i cant wait to pick them up in october \

I've played the NFS series since the first game but truly this series is dead to me now. Since day one people wanted "CUSTOMIZATION" but obviously as gamers and people Criterion insults our intelligence and ignore what truly made people enjoy their the NFS to begin wtih ( for me NFS Underground was the starting point). Even if they used the same exact customization scheme from the original i wouldn't complain. The overall feel of the game is ok but its truly a step backwards from what the original most wanted was. The crashes are too exaggerated ( literally a 3-5 second delay in the race), I wish i could turn them off all together. I only played a bit of the multiplayer but it turns into a random crashbox of stupidity. Im kind of regretting I bought this game I'm considering taking it back to play Forza horizon. Hopefully whoever makes the next NFS will hear the cries of the fans and people of the next generation to add CUSTOMIZATION!!

Overall Rating:

6out of10

Gameplay:

7out of10

Graphics:

9out of10

Sound:

8out of10

Lasting Appeal:

6out of10

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Review 16 for Need for Speed: Most Wanted

EPIC!!!

Overall Rating:

10out of10

Gameplay:

10out of10

Graphics:

10out of10

Sound:

10out of10

Lasting Appeal:

10out of10

Posted on:12/30/12

dinkydoodle

Location: Glasgow, KY

This game is perfect for: hardcore gamers

this game is freaking awesome. it is one racing game that you cannot put down. played it for the first 2 hours and unlocked over 75 gamerscore achievements. you can mod your car with better tires and chassis and body. I would highly recommend this game to any hardcore race gamer.

I just got my copy of Need for Speed most wanted yesterday and It is so much fun the graphics are incredible and the cars are faster than ever. I love how it's open world and not forcing you to do stuff you don't want to do It really gives you the freedom to speed through Fairhaven and rule the streets. To finish my review I have to say the developers really know how to make a racing game. Need for Speed is one of my all time favorite racing games and this is the best one yet visually and game play wise just amazing thanks for reading my review 10/10

Couldn't wait to pop this one in! Birthday present, long awaited sequel to my favorite childhood game. Nothing could be wrong about an amazing title like Most Wanted right? Wrong. Extremely unappealing. No buying cars. You "find" them. No more customization. Just tires and other small unnecessary things like that. No adjustable camera views. Races, instead if starting at a starting line, begin already mid race with you at the very end. It would have been so much better if they had just updated the old Most Wanted's graphics and re released it. No story line is present. There is no point besides to become "Most Wanted". Just another attempt for EA to make an extra buck. Do not buy.

I think this is one of the better games that came out because its something new, I like that you have to find the cars instead of unlocking them and the music is great too I enjoy driving around trying to find the cars and doing races I also enjoy the online mode